Jacob A Tennessen
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Recent Articles
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Lima-Cordon R, Mohabir J, Sooklall M, Zurita A, Shieh M, Knox C, et al.
Mol Ecol Resour
. 2025 Feb;
:e14088.
PMID: 39963041
Vector control remains an important strategy worldwide to prevent human infection with pathogens transmitted by arthropods. Vector control strategies rely on accurate identification of vector taxa along with vector-specific biological...
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Elsworth B, Ye S, Dass S, Tennessen J, Sultana Q, Thommen B, et al.
Science
. 2025 Feb;
387(6734):eadq6241.
PMID: 39913579
Measures to combat the parasites that cause malaria have become compromised because of reliance on a small arsenal of drugs and emerging drug resistance. We conducted a transposon mutagenesis screen...
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Olson J, Pennance T, Spaan J, Odiere M, Tennessen J, Steinauer M
Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis
. 2025 Jan;
7:100241.
PMID: 39877402
snails are intermediate hosts for schistosome parasites, which cause morbidity and mortality in humans worldwide. We aimed to determine the mating system of , a hermaphroditic vector of schistosomiasis in...
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Blouin M, Bollmann S, Le Clech W, Chevalier F, Anderson T, Tennessen J
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2024 Sep;
18(9):e0012474.
PMID: 39283952
The trematodes that cause schistosomiasis in humans require aquatic snails as intermediate hosts. Identifying the genes in snails at which allelic variation controls resistance to infection by schistosomes could lead...
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Pennance T, Tennessen J, Spaan J, McQuistan T, Ogara G, Rawago F, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2024 Sep;
PMID: 39282449
Schistosomiasis, afflicting >260 million people worldwide, could be controlled by preventing infection of freshwater snail vectors. Intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by , occurs predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa and is vectored by...
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Caputo B, De Marco C, Pichler V, Botta G, Bennett K, Amambua-Ngwa A, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2024 Sep;
7(1):1115.
PMID: 39256556
The two main Afrotropical malaria vectors - Anopheles coluzzii and An. gambiae - are genetically distinct and reproductively isolated across West Africa. However, populations at the western extreme of their...
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Daron J, Bouafou L, Tennessen J, Rahola N, Makanga B, Akone-Ella O, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2024 May;
PMID: 38798379
Significance: , a major African malaria vector, thrives from humid rainforests to dry savannahs and coastal areas. This ecological success is linked to its close association with domestic settings, with...
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Keroack C, Elsworth B, Tennessen J, Paul A, Hua R, Ramirez-Ramirez L, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2024 Feb;
121(9):e2312987121.
PMID: 38377214
is an emerging zoonosis and widely distributed veterinary infection caused by 100+ species of parasites. The diversity of parasites and the lack of specific drugs necessitate the discovery of broadly...
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Pennance T, Calvelo J, Tennessen J, Burd R, Cayton J, Bollmann S, et al.
BMC Genomics
. 2024 Feb;
25(1):192.
PMID: 38373909
Background: Control and elimination of schistosomiasis is an arduous task, with current strategies proving inadequate to break transmission. Exploration of genetic approaches to interrupt Schistosoma mansoni transmission, the causative agent...
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Pennance T, Calvelo J, Tennessen J, Burd R, Cayton J, Bollmann S, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2023 Nov;
PMID: 37961413
Background: Control and elimination of schistosomiasis is an arduous task, with current strategies proving inadequate to break transmission. Exploration of genetic approaches to interrupt transmission, the causative agent for human...